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Greek Art
Or, the Art of ManSt. Lawrence, 2/11/2014
Greek Architecture, St. Lawrence, 11/02/2014, Beaudoin
Wednesday, September 12, 2012Course Outline
The Heroon
The Greek Orders
The Parthenon
Theatres
Colossal buildings
The Stoa
Urbanization
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Key Notions
-Capital-Cella (naos)-Colonnade-Entablature-Entasis-Heroon-Pediment-Stoa
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Greece and Region
Source: 3
The Heroon
Or, an homage to ancestors
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HeroonLefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE
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HeroonLefkandi, c. 1000-950 BCE
The Orders
Or, building according to established forms
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The Orders (or Forms)
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Archaic period(700-500)
-The emergence of temples and treasuries
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Temple to ApolloThermos (Aetolia), 640-630 BCE
Proportion: 3:1
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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE
Source: 3 & 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
Proportion: 2:1
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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE
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Temple of AphaeaIsland of Aegina, end of the 6th BCE
Source: 11 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Classical period(480-338)
-The Acropolis, a question of refinement
-The emergence of theatres
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Classical Greek Temple: Vocabulary
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
Proportion: y=2x+1where x is # of columns on facade;
y, # of columns on side
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PhidiasThe Acropolis, Athens, 460–430 BC
Source: 2 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Ictinus and Kallicrates, Parthenon447-432 BCE, marble, 72 x 33 x 10,4 m
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Aphaea and Parthenon
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Parthenon: Plan
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Parthenon: Subject of Sculptures
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Parthenon: Parts of the Frieze
Cavalcade, south frieze, British Museum
Preparations, west frieze, British Museum
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Parthenon, Golden Rule
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Kallicrates, Temple of Athena NikeAcropolis, Athens, 427-424 BCE
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Mnesicles, Erechtheion420-409, marble, 24,4 x 27,4 m
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ErechtheionSouth view, caryatids
Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Polycleitus the Younger, TheatreEpidaurus, 350 BCE
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
Skene
Orchestra
Theatron(or Cavea)
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Hellenistic period(338-31)
-The colossal temple
-Proliferation of the Corinthian order
-The emergence of the stoa
-Monumental sculpture
-Urban organization
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Paionios and Daphnis, Temple of ApolloDidyma, 313 BCE
Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
Proportion: y=2x+1
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Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion)Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD
Source: 13 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Temple of Zeus (the Olympeion)Greece, Athens, 41,1 x 107,8 m, marble, 174 BCE-132 AD
Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Stoa of AttalosAthenes, 150 BCE
Source: 3 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Stoa of AttalosAthenes, 150 BCE
Source: 15 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Grand Altar of Pergamon180 BCE, Marble, 36 x 34 m, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Source: 14 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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Grand Altar of Pergamon, detail, Gigantomachy, and Replica of City
Source: 8 Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
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City of Priene4th BCE, Antikenmuseum, Berlin
Geometric Archaic Classical Hellenistic
Temple of Athena
Agora
Gymnasium
Stadium
Theatre
Temple of Zeus
Stoae
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Suggested readings
-Gombrich, The Story of Art, p. 63-91-Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p. 84-113-Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 1. p. 67-128-Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, p. 105-169
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Bibliography and Sources
1. Brommer, Discovering Art History2. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 13. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages4. Gombrich, The Story of Art5. Rogers, Art, a World History6. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction7. Schnapp, Préhistoire et antiquité8. University Laval Course Notes9. www.atthalin.fr10. www.whitman.edu11. http://commons.wikimedia.org12. www.techno-science.net13. www.chem.uoa.gr14. sitemaker.umich.edu15. www.wikipedia.com16. www.sikyon.com17. www.ne.jp18. www.britannica.com